Using Terms and Conditions to apply Fundamental Rights to Content Moderation

<p>Under EU law, platforms presently have no obligation to incorporate fundamental rights into their terms and conditions. The Digital Services Act seeks to change this in its draft Article 12, however, there has been severe criticism on its meagre protection. As it stands and until courts int...

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Main Authors: Naomi Appelman, João Pedro Quintais, Ronan Fahy
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Language:deu
Published: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
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Online Access:https://verfassungsblog.de/power-dsa-dma-06/
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description <p>Under EU law, platforms presently have no obligation to incorporate fundamental rights into their terms and conditions. The Digital Services Act seeks to change this in its draft Article 12, however, there has been severe criticism on its meagre protection. As it stands and until courts intervene, the provision is too vague and ambiguous to effectively support the application of fundamental rights. </p>
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title Using Terms and Conditions to apply Fundamental Rights to Content Moderation
title_full Using Terms and Conditions to apply Fundamental Rights to Content Moderation
title_fullStr Using Terms and Conditions to apply Fundamental Rights to Content Moderation
title_full_unstemmed Using Terms and Conditions to apply Fundamental Rights to Content Moderation
title_short Using Terms and Conditions to apply Fundamental Rights to Content Moderation
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